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Gehyra fehlmanni (TAYLOR, 1962)

IUCN Red List - Gehyra fehlmanni - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Fehlmann's Dtella, Fehlmann's Four-clawed Gecko
G: Fehlmanns Vierkrallengecko 
SynonymPeropus fehlmanni TAYLOR 1962: 221
Peropus fehlmanni — TAYLOR 1963: 778
Gehyra fehlmanni — KLUGE 1993
Gehyra fehlmanni — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 229
Gehyra fehlmanni — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 118
Gehyra cf. fehlmanni — GRISMER et al. 2007
Gehyra fehlmanni — PAUWELS et al. 2022 
DistributionThailand (Kanachanaburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Si Thammarat),
Cambodia ?, Vietnam

Type locality: “4 km NW Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 178207 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Scales on dorsal part of head and body not distinctly conical; scales on snout subimbricate, double size of those on occiput and interorbital region; small distinct webs between digits on hands and feet; subcaudal scales at base of tail somewhat enlarged, followed by a single row of greatly enlarged subcaudals; largest body scales in preanal area; femoropreanal pores, 22, forming an arched series extending onto femur for nearly half its length; scales on dorsal surface of slender tail somewhat irregular not forming distinct transverse rows; segments of tail not or scarcely indicated; seventh or eighth supralabial, and seventh infralabial below pupil of eye; third (outer) pair of chinshields separated from infralabials; ventrolateral fold not indicated.” (Taylor 1962: 221)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Herman Adair Fehlmann (1917-2005) an ichthyologist who worked for the George Vanderbilt Foundation, Bangkok, and the Smithsonian Institution. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. 2008. Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 pp.
  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • Chan-ard,T.; Grossmann,W.; Gumprecht,A. & Schulz,K. D. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Gemany, 240 pp. [book review in Russ. J Herp. 7: 87] - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L. et al. 2007. THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE PHNOM AURAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND CHECKLIST OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE CARDAMOM MOUNTAINS, CAMBODIA. Hamadryad 31 (2): 216 – 241 - get paper here
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - get paper here
  • MEESOOK, W., DONBUNDIT, N., JINDAMAD, T., TOPAI, N., KUNYA, K., SUTHANTHANGJAI, W., ... & PAUWELS, O. S. 2025. A new limestone-dwelling Four-clawed Gecko from Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae: Gehyra). Zootaxa 5588(2): 381-395 - get paper here
  • Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
  • PAUWELS, O. S., MEESOOK, W., KUNYA, K., DONBUNDIT, N., & SUMONTHA, M. 2022. A new Four-clawed Gecko from limestone hills in Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae: Gehyra). Zootaxa 5115 (4): 511-531 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1962. New oriental reptiles. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 43: 209-263 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1963. The lizards of Thailand. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 44: 687-1077. - get paper here
 
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